This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
My name's Derrick, I'm from Queens right there on Merrick
Raised off honesty, loyalty, good merits
Got a lil sister and my pops just perished
And I just came home so my freedom I really cherish
Young when they bagged me, seven in the can is torture
And I just did that for manslaughter
Odds was against me, murder in the second degree
Made it less cuz I gave 'em a plea
That's the past, now a dude home tryna clean up his past
But all niggaz know me for is the past
And my minds always thinking how to pocket some cash
They know if something ever sparked it'll cock it and blast
Now I'm tryna live straight and get my act together
But my moms struggling, she putting scraps together
Long time ago, when I wasn't home she was cleaning my room
Cried when she found a gat in the dresser
Said no child of her's woulda had that, never!
But with all the dirt I was doing
I felt like I had to protect her, I had to protect us
Stead of me sellin crack forever
She rather be in a shop right, getting bags together
Passing endeavors, wont allow me to get work
Forced me to get work
On apps they ask if you ever been to jail,
Like if I say yes you'll hire me
Nigga, don't lie to me!!
I gotta lil sister that's nine
Plus moms is chillin, with some new dude I think she feeling
But he don't help with the bills and I'm back on the strip
So we don't go broke, I'm back to this hammer that I hafta tote
Stash ya know, I'm killin em, only nigga on the Ave. with coke
Only man in the house, I gotta bring in cash
And those two chicks a month that mom get don't last
Lil Sally still young she developing fast
Oh, you thinking the same thing, it's a hell of a task
Then it clicked me, plain close, cops came to get me
But knew that I had mine on threaten to hit me
And I moved swiftly, said they had a warrant
They knew about it all they said they had an informant
I'm back in this caged up cell
With the apes in jail, now I'm back in this eight by twelve
See I tried to live right
But society ain't made for niggaz to live right
Mommy just write
Mommy make sure Sally keep her shit tight
And I'll be home real soon, don't cry, it's iight
[Chorus]
I know it might seem like it's all good
But this is what it's like in the hood
I rep my set like you should
But this is what it's like in the hood
[repeat]
My name's Sally, and I'm from Queens I'm not happy
Dad passed away, mom's remarried
I gotta big bro, but he's in jail
Mom said for some things that he used to sell
And I'm always with step-dad, his name's Beau
And there's some things about him that my mom don't know
And he says if I tell that it won't be pretty
And I'm really scared of him, he's already hit me
He touches me places I don't like it
And I ain't talking bout a hug or goodbye kiss
I mean touch me places that's private
And he don't just touch he put something inside it
He says the more he does that, I'll start to like it
Hand over my mouth so I'm quiet
Moms only wit 'em cuz our money is low
I'm sixteen but I'm shaped like a twenty year old
And my moms in love so she makes excuses
But she looks at me and sees scrapes and bruises
Why step daddy gotta take me thru this
Help, somebody, I'm getting raped I can't do this
Nobody understands I'm weary
Get goosebumps anytime a man come near me
Know how it feel to have a man use you for a cushion
All the while moaning and pushin
You try to push him, he's getting bothered
You yell and you scream but he starts going harder
Trust me, it's something you don't wanna be apart of
Cuz even when it's over, your life, it'll scar ya
Visit my bro, he can tell I'm sad
Staring hard at my stomach he can tell I'm fat
He can tell I'm mad
But step daddy touched me, fucked me, you think that I can tell him that?
Beau called the cops on him, could I tell him that?
Yep, thought you'd agree so I keep it all to me
Baby on the way, and I'm not working
And I know it's his cause I used to be a virgin
Derrick says he'll handle it, wipe my tears
He don't know, this is what it's like for years
And it falls on deaf ears
Damn mommy please come home, please mommy don't leave us alone
Some secrets are hard to keep
Some secrets make it hard to sleep
And sleep is the only time I feel safe
Still the act haunts me, and I know that I'ma wake up with step daddy on me…
[Chorus]
I know it might seem like it's all good
But this is what it's like in the hood
I rep my set like you should
But this is what it's like in the hood
[repeat]
My name's Beau, gotta chick named Pam that I live with
But she's always in church, real religious
I hadda son he was young he was gifted
Til a nigga killed him a week before Christmas
Three shots close range with a handgun
I knew before I met Pam that it was Pam's son
I knew when I pulled the Mill out harder
And went on a manhunt just to kill they father
Derrick and my boy had a mutual friend
That put me on doing what I gotta do for revenge
Derrick's coming home now, and he's gonna get it
And I know he'll be lookin for me with a biscuit
Not hard to find, got them teks in handy, and
I'm in his house having sex with his family
I got his mom on the bed and the canopy
And I'm with his sister molesting her candy
Now he know it all
His friend prolly told em, and you can't hide nothing in a hood so small
But then it came Sunday, Beau ain't hafta work
Just humped on Sally, Pam's in church
Derrick bust in, Beau just froze
White shit on his nose, Sally getting her clothes
Screams, "Get ready for your funeral Beau"
And then he reach to his hip and let a few of 'em go
Cause he's packin but Sally starts gaspin
Holdin her stomach, I guess she started having contractions
Beau grabbed his, now they both got heat
Just gunnin, both ignoring the seed that's coming
Now Sally's in the crossfire, screams out stop
Holes in the wall, now the scenes getting hot
Next 30 seconds on the scene is the cops
Yellow tape up, now the scenes getting blocked
Barricades up, yep, you already know y'all
Ambulance there, streets full of patrol cars
Cops on the mega phone, "Come down now"
But it all calmed down somehow
Beau comes out, hands showing, carrying his arms
Derrick comes down, little Sally in his arms
Yep, nuttin to say, she was hit by a stray
Nope! Shots done ric-o-shade, cops take him away
And now some niggaz miss em
But it wasn't the guns that killed Sally,
Nah it was the dumb niggaz wit em
When we gonna learn to treat our people sacred?
There's some type of way kid, we're all related
When we gonna grow and get rid of the hatred?
Cuz this shit happens on a regular basis,
This shit happens on a regular basis
This type of shit happens everyday kid
[Chorus]
I know it might seem like it's all good
But this is what it's like in the hood
I rep my set like you should
But this is what it's like in the hood
[repeat]
Raised off honesty, loyalty, good merits
Got a lil sister and my pops just perished
And I just came home so my freedom I really cherish
Young when they bagged me, seven in the can is torture
And I just did that for manslaughter
Odds was against me, murder in the second degree
Made it less cuz I gave 'em a plea
That's the past, now a dude home tryna clean up his past
But all niggaz know me for is the past
And my minds always thinking how to pocket some cash
They know if something ever sparked it'll cock it and blast
Now I'm tryna live straight and get my act together
But my moms struggling, she putting scraps together
Long time ago, when I wasn't home she was cleaning my room
Cried when she found a gat in the dresser
Said no child of her's woulda had that, never!
But with all the dirt I was doing
I felt like I had to protect her, I had to protect us
Stead of me sellin crack forever
She rather be in a shop right, getting bags together
Passing endeavors, wont allow me to get work
Forced me to get work
On apps they ask if you ever been to jail,
Like if I say yes you'll hire me
Nigga, don't lie to me!!
I gotta lil sister that's nine
Plus moms is chillin, with some new dude I think she feeling
But he don't help with the bills and I'm back on the strip
So we don't go broke, I'm back to this hammer that I hafta tote
Stash ya know, I'm killin em, only nigga on the Ave. with coke
Only man in the house, I gotta bring in cash
And those two chicks a month that mom get don't last
Lil Sally still young she developing fast
Oh, you thinking the same thing, it's a hell of a task
Then it clicked me, plain close, cops came to get me
But knew that I had mine on threaten to hit me
And I moved swiftly, said they had a warrant
They knew about it all they said they had an informant
I'm back in this caged up cell
With the apes in jail, now I'm back in this eight by twelve
See I tried to live right
But society ain't made for niggaz to live right
Mommy just write
Mommy make sure Sally keep her shit tight
And I'll be home real soon, don't cry, it's iight
[Chorus]
I know it might seem like it's all good
But this is what it's like in the hood
I rep my set like you should
But this is what it's like in the hood
[repeat]
My name's Sally, and I'm from Queens I'm not happy
Dad passed away, mom's remarried
I gotta big bro, but he's in jail
Mom said for some things that he used to sell
And I'm always with step-dad, his name's Beau
And there's some things about him that my mom don't know
And he says if I tell that it won't be pretty
And I'm really scared of him, he's already hit me
He touches me places I don't like it
And I ain't talking bout a hug or goodbye kiss
I mean touch me places that's private
And he don't just touch he put something inside it
He says the more he does that, I'll start to like it
Hand over my mouth so I'm quiet
Moms only wit 'em cuz our money is low
I'm sixteen but I'm shaped like a twenty year old
And my moms in love so she makes excuses
But she looks at me and sees scrapes and bruises
Why step daddy gotta take me thru this
Help, somebody, I'm getting raped I can't do this
Nobody understands I'm weary
Get goosebumps anytime a man come near me
Know how it feel to have a man use you for a cushion
All the while moaning and pushin
You try to push him, he's getting bothered
You yell and you scream but he starts going harder
Trust me, it's something you don't wanna be apart of
Cuz even when it's over, your life, it'll scar ya
Visit my bro, he can tell I'm sad
Staring hard at my stomach he can tell I'm fat
He can tell I'm mad
But step daddy touched me, fucked me, you think that I can tell him that?
Beau called the cops on him, could I tell him that?
Yep, thought you'd agree so I keep it all to me
Baby on the way, and I'm not working
And I know it's his cause I used to be a virgin
Derrick says he'll handle it, wipe my tears
He don't know, this is what it's like for years
And it falls on deaf ears
Damn mommy please come home, please mommy don't leave us alone
Some secrets are hard to keep
Some secrets make it hard to sleep
And sleep is the only time I feel safe
Still the act haunts me, and I know that I'ma wake up with step daddy on me…
[Chorus]
I know it might seem like it's all good
But this is what it's like in the hood
I rep my set like you should
But this is what it's like in the hood
[repeat]
My name's Beau, gotta chick named Pam that I live with
But she's always in church, real religious
I hadda son he was young he was gifted
Til a nigga killed him a week before Christmas
Three shots close range with a handgun
I knew before I met Pam that it was Pam's son
I knew when I pulled the Mill out harder
And went on a manhunt just to kill they father
Derrick and my boy had a mutual friend
That put me on doing what I gotta do for revenge
Derrick's coming home now, and he's gonna get it
And I know he'll be lookin for me with a biscuit
Not hard to find, got them teks in handy, and
I'm in his house having sex with his family
I got his mom on the bed and the canopy
And I'm with his sister molesting her candy
Now he know it all
His friend prolly told em, and you can't hide nothing in a hood so small
But then it came Sunday, Beau ain't hafta work
Just humped on Sally, Pam's in church
Derrick bust in, Beau just froze
White shit on his nose, Sally getting her clothes
Screams, "Get ready for your funeral Beau"
And then he reach to his hip and let a few of 'em go
Cause he's packin but Sally starts gaspin
Holdin her stomach, I guess she started having contractions
Beau grabbed his, now they both got heat
Just gunnin, both ignoring the seed that's coming
Now Sally's in the crossfire, screams out stop
Holes in the wall, now the scenes getting hot
Next 30 seconds on the scene is the cops
Yellow tape up, now the scenes getting blocked
Barricades up, yep, you already know y'all
Ambulance there, streets full of patrol cars
Cops on the mega phone, "Come down now"
But it all calmed down somehow
Beau comes out, hands showing, carrying his arms
Derrick comes down, little Sally in his arms
Yep, nuttin to say, she was hit by a stray
Nope! Shots done ric-o-shade, cops take him away
And now some niggaz miss em
But it wasn't the guns that killed Sally,
Nah it was the dumb niggaz wit em
When we gonna learn to treat our people sacred?
There's some type of way kid, we're all related
When we gonna grow and get rid of the hatred?
Cuz this shit happens on a regular basis,
This shit happens on a regular basis
This type of shit happens everyday kid
[Chorus]
I know it might seem like it's all good
But this is what it's like in the hood
I rep my set like you should
But this is what it's like in the hood
[repeat]
Lyrics submitted by Dragon19
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I have to tell you, I nearly cried when I heard this song. Mainly on the second verse. Joe said this entire song was personal, because it happened to him. Not sure if its true or not, but its good nonetheless.
The first verse is about a boy named Derrick whose father was killed, and his family needs money. He tries to get a job, but no job will take him cause he's been to jail. So, he goes back to selling crack, but the law catches up to him and he gets sent to jail again.
The second verse is about his sister, Sally. She's upset because her father died and her brother is in jail. Her stepdad, Beau, is raping and having sex with her, and threatens to hurt her if she squeals. She's so scared, she doesn't like getting close to any man. She tries to tell her mom, but she doesn't believe her, so she goes to her brother. She's pregnant now, due to having sex, and her brother promises he'll take care of it.
The third verse is about Beau. He says his son was killed by Derrick, despite them being best friends. He decides to get revenge by killing Derrick's father. However, he then marries Pam, Derrick's mother, and doesn't work, so Derrick has to go back to selling crack. He calls the police about it and has Derrick arrested. He then starts raping his sister.
One Sunday, Pam is in church, so Beau rapes Sally again. However, Derrick comes home and stops him and is about to kill him for what he's done. However, he's distracted by Sally, whose baby is about to come. Beau gets his gun and there in a standoff. They shoot, but Sally intervenes. The police soon arrive. Beau is arrested, and Sally is dead after being hit by the bullets.
At the end, Joe says we all get together to stop this from happening. A powerful song with a powerful message.
i agree with bout the song, but u missed some details, he(beau) dated derrick mother cuz he decided he was gon get his revenge on derrick by making his life a living hell thats y he told on him in the 1st place to get him locked up, cuz he kne he wudnt b able 2 get a job n have 2 go back 2 crack, and by getting n good with his moms she wudnt believe sally when she say bad things bout him the whole thing is about beau tryna make derrick life as bad as he made his
if u like dis doh u shud listen 2 rest in peace(mood musik 1) angel in my life, pray for me(padded room) and are you in that mood yet?(mood musik 2)
Thanks dude. Glad you put in some details for me. I'll be sure to look up those songs.